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by MattConfluence 2360 days ago
A bit off topic, but I find it amusing that the two top posts on the HN front page right now are "Open Vim" and "How to Exit Vim".
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That one is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988968. This one was probably posted in response to it. That happens a lot. We tend to downweight such follow-up or copycat posts since they make the front page more samey. It's better to post links to related articles in the original thread.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

And this tutorial follows the convention of not mentioning how to quit vim in one of its early lessons.
Drug dealers never tell their clients how to wean off their vices. Is that a crime? :P
We just need the "how to install vim" as 3rd on the podium and we're done :)

side note: of course it's installed by default in pretty much every Linux distro, but alas...

Not as much as it used to be. I’ve been in a few distros lately (container distros mostly) that only had nano. I got all “get off my lawn” about it too.
Today should be the Vim day!
Every day should be Vim day ;)
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